Swedish Pentecostal Movement
The Swedish Pentecostal Movement (Swedish: Pingströrelsen i Sverige) is a Pentecostal movement in Sweden. Many, but not all, of these, are members of The Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches.
| Swedish Pentecostal Movement | |
|---|---|
 The Philadelphia Church in Stockholm | |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Pentecostalism |
| Polity | Congregational |
| Region | Sweden |
| Headquarters | Sweden |
| Origin | 1906 |
| Separations | Maranata Movement (around 1960) |
History
The movement has its origins in the establishment of the first Pentecostal Church in Stockholm in 1910. [1]
In 2001, The Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches was founded.[2]
Swedish Pentecostal missionaries Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vingren traveled to Brazil in 1910 and founded the General Convention of the Assemblies of God in Brazil.[3]
The Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches had 439 churches and 87,392 members.[4]
References
- Vinson Synan, Amos Yong, Global Renewal Christianity: Europe and North America Spirit-Empowered Movements: Past, Present and Future, Charisma Media, USA, 2017, p. 183
- William Kay, Anne Dyer, European Pentecostalism, Brill, UK, 2011, p. 36.
- J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 214.
- Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches, Statistik, pingst.se, Sweden, retrieved May 9, 2020
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